Peter Nichols Welcomed as Vice President of Development

Cleo Clarke, M&R vice president of people & culture, recently convened a meeting of general managers to welcome Peter Nichols, a hospitality industry veteran, as the company’s newly appointed vice president of development.

Nichols, who reports to Brian McSherry, chief operating officer, joins Danny Dolce on the development staff.

During his 35-year career, Peter has been involved in hotel operations, management, ownership and brokerage. He formerly was chief development officer for OTH Hotels Resorts, a management company based in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Earlier in his career, he was national director for the National Hospitality Group of Marcus & Millichap Inc., senior vice president of business development for Richfield Hospitality, vice president of Hodges Ward Ellliott amd founder of Signature Hotel Group,

Peter has built strong relationships with a range of major hotel brands, including Marriott, Hilton and IHG, each of which is represented in M&R’s portfolio.

Peter has been a featured speaker at the Lodging Conference and the Asian-American Hotel Owners Association annual conference, among others. He has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal as well as industry publications, including Lodging magazine.

Peter holds degrees from Southern Connecticut State University, New London, and Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island. He also studied commercial real estate analysis and investment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Cleo Clarke, vice president of people & culture, front left, convenes a meeting of general managers to introduce Peter Nichols, front center, M&R’s newly appointed vice president of development. Clockwise from Cleo are Felix Maldonado, GM of the Holiday Inn New York City – Times Square; Mark Shuda, GM, Tarrytown House Estate on the Hudson; Fred Velastegui, GM, Radisson Hotel New York Wall Street; Kemol Dixon, GM, Comfort Inn Prospect Park – Brooklyn; Z.B. Mohammed, GM, Holiday Inn NYC – Lower East Side; Ben Ortiz, GM, Holiday Inn Express Manhattan Midtown West; Alan Chan, GM, JFK Tripack; Andrew Hickey, GM, Brookville Hotel at JFK; David Ruas, GM, Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South; Steven Lamour, GM, TownePlace Suites New York Manhattan/Times Square; Robert Solis, GM, SpringHill Suites New York Midtown Manhattan/Park Avenue; Margarita Garcia, GM, DoubleTree Times Square West.